Free technical writing projects software for mac

Useful only when a right-to-left script (such as Hebrew) is installed in the system. Allows setting the system writing direction (as in the Text control panel) dynamically on a per-application basis.
It also allows changing the system-wide Force Font setting.
Main features:
- Allows changing the writing direction either by clicking or using standard keyboard shortcuts.
- Allows changing the Force Font setting either by menu choice or using standard keyboard shortcuts.
- Keyboard shortcuts can be turned on and off at any time.
- Totally dynamic: module installation and removal does not require a restart.
- PowerPC native. Not a system extension (INIT). Does not use "trap patching" techniques.
- Full documentation in English and in Hebrew.
Enhancements:
- Fixed to make the keyboard shortcut work only when the Control key is the only modifier key being pressed.

Entourage Quick Project lets you create a Project which can then be linked to email, notes, contacts, or just about anything else in your system. It will even create special watch folders in order to hold your project files. You can set Project deadlines and track your progress through a series of panels and custom views. And if you are clever with Applescript, you can generate activity reports that answer the question So what’s the status on this? (More on that later).

But the system has an Achilles Heal, and it’s a big one. In order to actually create a project, the user is forced to work through a series of 4 screens worth of hair-pulling Q&A in the Entourage Project Wizard - each of which, with multiple options! Now if you only ever plan to create 3 projects in your life, this is no big deal. But if your workflow is based on something more dynamic (say GTD, for example), this just doesn’t work.

I present you with two options. You can take the Blue Pill, launch your computer out that 3-story window you’ve been eyeing, and go back to paper. Or you can take the Red Pill and download this nifty applescript, which lets you create a project at the touch of a button!

Rename xCode Project 2.1 is designed as handy tool that makes it convenient to rename Xcode projects.

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.4 or later

Science Project 2.0: Nibbler - a nice set of science icons

Jers Novel Writer is a relatively simple word processor with extra features to support large creative writing projects.
This program is all about momentum, and reducing the number of things that break the flow when I am writing. Jers Novel Writer is designed to help me keep writing when the creative juices are flowing, and then find all the things I need to go over again when I am more in a nitty-gritty mood.
Main features:
- Margin Notes like youve never seen before.
- Automatic Outline
- Full-screen mode
- Database
- Bookmarks
- Separate formatting options for print and screen
- It actually knows what a chapter is (or whatever organizational structure you want to use).
- A panel for general notes lets you keep track of story issues and ideas (and the last time you ate).
- Word count
- More accurate page count estimates
- Better performance than most word processors for really, really big documents.
Enhancements:
- better toolbar icons (thanks Kreg!)
- replace italic with underline print option
bugs closed:
- not all print settings were applied correctly on export (still does not to page breaks).
- invisible (and unimportant) exception thrown when dragging a margin note into an empty text section
- Cannot Reproduce - Changing name of text section causes crash (reported in version 533, same user reports also cannot reproduce in 600)
- page count could hang when page break came in just the wrong place
- when database is changed in the database window, the database drawer can have invalid selections, leading to trouble with the description field.